Avalanche: Patsy Marly

Observer Name
Andy Rich
Observation Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch » Patsy Marly
Location Name or Route
Patsy Ridge
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
15"
Width
150'
Vertical
200'
Comments

Triggered easily from 10 feet back on 20 degree slope. Cracks from this slide continued up the ridge 200' on terrain too low angle to pull out. From the top it looked like this slide was about 40 meters wide, but when we went down to the bottom to check it out we found that below the rollover (where we couldn't see from above) it was actually about 80 meters wide. Lots of collapsing and cracking out there. Triggered a few other smaller slabs as well. Very touchy.

Forecaster Comments:

I added a photo taken by Ty Falk in another party, which I assume is the same slide described above.

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